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moralistically
adverb
disapprovinguk /ˌmɒr.əlˈɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌmɔːr.əlˈɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/
in a moralistic way (= that judges people and tries to make them behave according to standards of right and wrong that never change and may be too severe or unfair):
He talked rather moralistically about family breakdown.
Rather than moralistically lecturing people, we should try to help them.
I am not making this point moralistically, but just making an observation.
He wrote moralistically about the culture in which he lived.
The whole book is rather moralistically serious.
Some people are quick to moralistically condemn the consumerism of poorer people.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling morally superior
claim the moral high groundidiom
de haut en bas
holier-than-thou
judgmental
judgmentally
moralistic
pearl-clutching
preachily
preachiness
preachy
righteous
righteously
sanctimonious
sanctimoniously
sanctimoniousness
self-righteousness
superior
superiority complex
virtue signalling
virtuous
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